For little Man Ian = We love you....

It is hard to loose loved ones and watch those we love loose those precious and dear to them. It has almost been 1 year since my cousins Jen and Justin lost there little boy at 6 months of age. His heart loved and touched many.

I wrote this to sort through my own emotions a year ago and the picture of the blanket that my sister and I donated to his hospital in SLC Utah.

November 2007 -Sadness perforates my soul and sleep is so far from possible. I have been walking around the house trying to gather material and supplies for donations to the hospital. I have realized that this is all a mad dash to mask the sadness and grief I feel for this family and sweet little Ian. Too, I want to somehow help find a way to deal with Jen and Justin's loss. Being a parent myself has only made this more real.

There is always more we can do to love and reach out, I hope they will feel that little angel Ian watching over them now.... They are amazing parents and have made us all look at our live and want to be more like them.

A Scrappy little baby quilt.

This was a fun little quilt. I used left over fabric from a bigger quilt. I just love the colors and decided to give it to my new little friend Eliza who I now share a birthday with.

Road to California quilt show!!

2008

Picture taken for Uncle Roy, the California boy.

Pictures I took for my Aunt's, Virgie and Ruth whom have passed on the legacy of quilting. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. These quilts are inspiring but not nearly as inspiring as you both are to me.Love you Both.

This was an amazing experience, I have never been to a Quilt Show before. Awsome to say the least.

A few from 2007

This was my sister Andrea's Quilt. I had my quilter Carla put words all around the borders. I did the fallowing words: delight full, lemon head, creative, compassionate, empathetic, tender, brave, happy,womb mate, mother, kind, pretty, pantyhose( crazy nick name from childhood), dependable, daughter, Annie, happy, twin sister. She loved it! I loved giving it to such a special person in my life. I am so lucky and blessed to have a twin sister!

This was one of the first quilts I assembled. Big strips, with a very masculine flair for the love of my life.

Inspired by Sunflowers

For my Mother in law Christmas 2004...

A little Jean Quilt

Bedding

This was one of the first quilts I assembled. Big strips, with a very masculine flair for the love of my life.

The Beginning...

This project began with a good friend Audrey who has so many talents I can not count. She sells crib sets on the side and generously offered to help make my little boys' room full of color and pattern. The first thing we did was shop for fabric at an awesome discount fabric store. I fell in love with these fabrics. I was not sure how much to buy. So I, not knowing anything about fabric or how much I needed, bought over 20 yards! I learned so much on this first project. Audrey made sure that I did most of the work, or at least tried.
I was lucky enough to meet a wonderful quilter, Carla, who began long-arm quilting my creations. http://quiltstack.blogspot.com/ She has a great eye for design and really pulls inspiration from your fabrics.
Every mother dreams of a nice nursery to bring her baby home to. My oldest did not have this until he was all most 1 year old. I was on bed rest for over three months due to complications. So first and for most I got to bring home a healthy baby in 2003 and then the bedding fallowed as I had hoped.

Three quilts later (all out of the same fabrics) and 3 wonderful little boys.